When hockey meets
synchronized swimming
Check out pictures from the CTV shooting of “How tough are
these sports” where Tessa Bonhomme and Jennifer Botterill,
members of the Womens National Hockey Team, came to the Centre of
Excellence to be initiated into synchronized swimming by the Senior
National Team. Check them out now be becoming a fan of
Synchro Canada’s Senior National Team on
Facebook.

2011 Synchro Canada
Convention
Check out the schedule and all the information regarding Synchro
Canada’s 1st Annual Convention which will be held November
18-20 at the Sheraton Hotel in St. John’s,
Newfoundland-and-Labrador. This event, which is an improvement and
amalgamation of Synchro Canada’s annual general meeting and
High Performance Summit, will present various workshops and
sessions from Synchro Canada staff, National Team Coaches and
external experts on : acrobatics, mental preparation, flexibility
and extension, landrill strategies, injury prevention, and
workshops on maximinzing the Olympic Movement and Strategic
Planning. You will also find the list of funded delegates by
Synchro Canada, registration and weekend details for all non-funded
delegates and the registration forms. Workshops and sessions will
be targeted towards high performance and development coaches,
domestic and international officials, development teams, committees
and provincial representatives. We hope to see you at this new
great event! More details.

Job opportunity at
Synchro Canada: Centre of Excellence Coordinator
Synchro Canada is currently seeking applications to fill the
position of Centre of Excellence Coordinator located at the Centre
of Excellence in Montréal. The Centre of Excellence
Coordinator works closely as part of the high- performance team
working at the Centre of Excellence. The Centre of Excellence
Coordinator works closely with all Synchro Canada staff:
National Office Staff; National Team Athletes; National Team
Coaches and National Team support staff as required as well as
external stakeholders involved at the CNMM. Deadline is September
12, 2011. More details.

Call for application:
Members for Synchro Canada’s Board of Directors
Check out the application to become a member of Synchro
Canada’s Board of Directors. The deadline to send
applications is September 16, 2011. More details.

Updated rule
book
Check out the updated rule book including an update with the
current the Masters routine technical elements. Check it out now.

Check out and use the
brand new corporate video of Synchro Canada
Synchro Canada officially launched its brand new corporate video
talking about what synchronized swimming really is, the tradition
of excellence in Canadian synchronized swimming and the values
learned by participating in the sport. Synchro Canada is inviting
you to freely use and present this video during registration
sessions to recruit new athletes and/or sponsors. Check it out now.

Promote your club at
the 2011 Sports Day in Canada
The 2nd annual Sports Day in Canada will be held on Saturday,
September 17, 2011. The Sports Day in Canada is a national
celebration of sport, from grassroots to high-performance levels,
in communities across the country. Event registration is now open
for Sports Day in Canada; local events, planned for September 17th,
and the week prior, can be registered by visiting the website at http://sportsday.cbc.ca/. Open door, watershow,
etc...: organize an activity and promote your club and the sport of
synchronized swimming!

Alex Baumann StepsDown
as Chief Executive Officer of Own the Podium
Alex Baumann will cap off an emotional year by relinquishing his
duties as chief executive officer of Own the Podium. Baumann made
the difficult decision with his family on Wednesday following his
second bout with cancer, which forced him to undergo surgery of the
prostate in late April. More details.

Six Applicant Cities
for the 2020 Olympic Games
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is pleased to announce
that six cities have been put forward by their respective National
Olympic Committees (NOCs) to apply to host the Games of the XXXII
Olympiad in 2020. The cities, in alphabetical order, are: Baku
(Azerbaijan), Doha (Qatar), Istanbul (Turkey), Madrid (Spain), Rome
(Italy) and Tokyo (Japan). More details.

Share your best
synchronized swimming pictures!
Synchro Canada is inviting you to submit your best synchronized
swimming pictures. Each week, a picture will be selected as the
synchronized swimming picture of the week on Synchro Canada's
Facebook page and Website. Please note that the pictures you send
should be free of rights. You can send your pictures to patrick@synchro.ca with an
explanation for why your picture should be the picture of the day!
Check out this weeks
picture.

News from the
members
Do you have any news that you would like to share with other
provinces and members? Your news can be on any subject, including
about an athletes, coaches, administrators or officials. It can
even be about your provincials programs or competitions. Send them
to communications@synchro.ca
and we’ll be more than happy to share it with the other
members.